Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-03-31

Blue grass, white and
red clover, orchard grass, herd
grass and timothy, with the ma.
tive prairie gr;.sses, have made,
stock raising so. prominent an
industry here, and we say to,
the husbandman, you are in er-
ror when you pass our doors;
our latch string is out and we
bid you enter and cast your lot
with us. You will be welcome
and will never regret it.
THE FAIR.
One of the best indications of
the rich agricultural resources
of this section, is the fact that
the Audrain Co. Agricultural &
Mechanical Association main
tains a rank in the state second
only to the great st. Louis Fair.
At their last Fair many rings of
line stock even exceeded, in the
opinion of good judges, the ex-
hlbit OF that great emporium of
the west. The Associations
grounds are located just south
of the city limits of Mexico, and
with the stately and commodi-
GUS amphitheatre, seating some
ten thousand persons, its Floral
and Art and Agricultural Halls,
form a picturesque feature i'm
the landscape stretching beyond
OF prairie farms with their herds
Of cattle and fields of grain and
grasses, dotted with the neat
dwellings and barns of prosper
GUS homes. In the midst of
such rich and varied field of
diversified agriculture, with ali
the elements of success at hand,
the Fair Association is very
Justly the pride of the people.
Besides investing surplus earn
lngs from year to year in pro-
noting increased usefulness and
the beauty of its grounds, the
Association distributes annual
ly some seven thousand dollars
in premiums. 1t also offers one
of the best race tracks i'm the
State and by its liberal purses
has become the headquarters,
at the opening of the season, for
a grand exhibition of the bottom
and speed of thoroughbreds and
trotters. The bounteous display
of the Art and Exposition Halls
and crowded show rings attest
the culture and enterprise in
our midst, for however fertile or
salubrious the soil or climate, it
is the people, cultured women
and public spirited men, who
make the happiness and pros
perity of a community.
ROADS AND BRIDGES
No item of internal improve
ment demands more attention or
is worthy of more careful con-
sideration than the roads and
bridges of a county.
They are the avenues and on
ly outlets which the producer
fhas to the shipping points, and
through these channels must
pass the productions Of the
farmer and stock-raiser, the
fruit and wool-grower.
In fact, through this medium,
must every article of merchan-
disc be distributed and every
product of a county be convey
ed.
In point of roads, Audrain
county is largely indebted to
natural advantages, the rolling
undulatory surface preventing
swamps and the standing of
water.
The county has about 1900
imiles of the best graded dirt
roads west of the Mississippi
River. The old time scraper,
shovel and hoe Of ante-bellum
days perished with the old fogy
ideas of a quarter century ago.
Audrain county owns forty
one Boss Road Graders of the
most improved pattern, each of
which is capable ofgrading from
one to one and a half miles of
road per day.
The road expense of 1886 was
over seven thousand dollars,
putting our roads in such q con
dition that the heaviest load
may be drawn, or the lightest
vehicle driving at any season Of
the year.
The bridges of the county are
| the pride of the people, and they
are so well distributed and SO
numerous that no unreasonable
delay is caused by the highest
water, there being on no stream
|unfordable at times, a greater
distance than two miles between
bridges.
In the county there are about
twenty-five iron bridges, at an
average cost of one thousand
dollars, and about one hundred
and fifty combination and wood
en- bridges; plainly proving TO
the reader that we have an
abundance of bridges and a well
|watered county, whose lands
are undulating without being
broken and level without being
fiat;
| This, taken in consideration
with the fact that our bridges
and graders are all paid for, and
that our county does not owe a
dollar for anything, makes Au-
drain particularly desirable to
persons wishing to locate in a
good county.
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